v.0.6.1 URLEncoder.encode_utf8

app/tryout/weather_checker.py

@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ ACTUAL_WEATHER_URL = 'http://api.weatherapi.com/v1/current.json?key={API_KEY}&q=
 
 class Weather_Checker():
     
-    def __init__(self, city: str, display: NeoPixel_64x64):
+    def __init__(self, display: NeoPixel_64x64):
         self.display = display
-        self.city = URLEncoder.encode(city) # url_encode
         self.display.set_font( font=fonts.font_5x7)
                 
     def mock_weather_data(self):
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ class Weather_Checker():
             return None
 
 
-    def actual_weather(self, city='grosshansdorf', lang='de', test_mode=False) -> Weather:
+    def actual_weather(self, city, lang, test_mode=False) -> Weather:
         weather_url = ACTUAL_WEATHER_URL.format(API_KEY=API_KEY, city=city, lang=lang)
 
         if not test_mode:
@@ -59,11 +58,12 @@ class Weather_Checker():
         return weather
 
 
-    def check(self, test_mode: bool = False):
+    def check(self, city:str, lang:str, test_mode: bool = False):
         try:
             self.display.clear()
 
-            w_resp: Weather = self.actual_weather(city=self.city, lang='de', test_mode=test_mode)
+            city = URLEncoder.encode_utf8(city) # url_encode
+            w_resp: Weather = self.actual_weather(city=city, lang=lang, test_mode=test_mode)
 
             ypos = 0
             self.display.write_text(f'{str(w_resp.location.name)}', 0, ypos, color=colors.RAINBOW[0])

app/utils/url_encode.py

@@ -12,8 +12,29 @@ class URLEncoder:
             else:
                 # result.append('%' + format(ord(char), '02X'))
                 # Converted to % formatting:
-                result.append("%%%02X" % ord(char))
+                special_char = "%%%02X" % ord(char) 
                 
+                print( f"{char} --> {special_char}")
+                
+                result.append(special_char)
+                
+        return ''.join(result)    
+    
+    @staticmethod
+    def encode_utf8(string):
+        """URL encode a string with proper UTF-8 handling"""
+        result = []
+        safe_chars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_.~"
+        
+        for char in string:
+            if char in safe_chars:
+                result.append(char)
+            else:
+                # UTF-8 encoding for proper URL encoding
+                utf8_bytes = char.encode('utf-8')
+                for byte in utf8_bytes:
+                    result.append(f"%{byte:02X}")
+    
         return ''.join(result)    
     
     @staticmethod